Mop wringer



No. 613,258. Patented Nov. I, |898.

0. H. EDDY.

MOP WRINGEB.

(Application ld Feb. 11, 1898.)

l l l Patented Nov. l, |898.

0. H. EDDY.

MOP WRINGER.

(Application filed Feb, 11, 1898.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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UNrTED STATESv PATENT OFFICEa OSCAR H. EDDY, OF GREENWICH, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO W. EDDY PLOW CO., OF SAME PLACE.

NIO'P-WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,258, dated Nvembr' i, 189s.

Application filed February 11, 1898- Serial No. 669,924. (N0 modeL) T0 a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR H. EDDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Greenwich,county of Washington, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop-Wrin gers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to such improvements; and it consists of the novel construction and combination of parts, hereinafter described and subsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several figures.

Figure l of the drawings is a view in side elevation of my improved wringer or press. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the plunger and plate-gears detached. Fig. 5 is a cross-section taken on the broken line 5 5 in Fig. 1.

My improved wringer is of the reciprocating-plunger type.

A represents the compression-box or frame, having the skeleton sides A' A2, the bottom A3, and the closed back A4. The depending leg-supports A5 are each provided with a clamping-bracket A6, by which the device can be secured to the side of a pail, tub, or other receptacle. The sides are each provided with a channel or slideway A7, adapted to receive one of the plate-gears B B, secured, respectively, to the opposite ends of the plunger B. The plunger is adapted to fit the interior of the compression-box and slide therein horizontally between the front and back. The plate-gears B B have the double function of gears and guide-stems for the plunger. The cross-shaft' C is rotary in suitable bearings C', secured to the back of the box, just above the slideways, and is provided on its ends with the fixed 4segmental gears C2 and O3, adapted to engage with the rearwardlyprojecting plate-gears B. One of the segmental gears, as C2, is provided on its side with a socket C4, adapted to receive one end of the detachable operating-lever D.

The press or wringer having been secured to a tub or other receptacle by means of the legs and clamping-brackets, as before explained, and so that the box is over the interior of the tub, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the lever D inserted in its socket, the operation of the device is as follows: The mop is inserted in the compression-box between the plunger and the closed back, and power is applied to the lever to operate the gears and move the plunger toward the back, thereby squeezing the mop between the plunger and back, the expelled water owing from the mop through the openings in the skeleton bottom and sides into the'subjacent tub.

When desired, the back can also be provided with openings to facilitate the escape of the expelled water.

The gear-segments can be sufficiently large to cause the plunger to travel the entire length of the box,whereby the device is adapted to pressv with equal facility and power the largest and smallest mops which can be inserted in the compression-box.

When desired, a more convenient position of the operating-lever, when the mop or other article to be pressed is exceptionally small, can be obtained by providing a second socket C5 like socket C4, except that it is secured to the gear in a position such that its axial line is at right angles to that of socket C4.

I have shown my invention embodied in a mop-wringer, but do not wish to limit it to such a use or function. It is adapted for use as a lard, tallow, or cider press or for expressing fluids from various other substances. It is simple in construction and not liable to get out of order. lt is adapted for use with equal facility and power upon objects differing widely in bulk without readj ustment of working parts, and the whole device can be cheaply constructed of malleable iron.

Should it be desired to adjust the press for small objects, it is only necessary to force the plunger to its most open position by means of the gear-segments, then rotate the segments out of engagement with the plate-gears and force the plunger a greater or less. distance toward the back of the box, as desired,

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before again engaging the segments with the plate-gears, whereupon a short handle movement will suffice to fully close the press.

To prevent portions of the mop or other article being pressed from being forced in between the teeth on the plate-gears, I provide such gears with a thin Web W, extending along the inner side of each plate, whereby when the parts are in position for use the moving parts present only smooth surfaces to the contents of the box.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a press, the combination with a compression-box, having bottom, back and two side walls and open at the top and front, said side walls being provided with exterior channeled offsets each containing a raok-slideway opening interiorly of the box-chamber; of a movable front wall or plunger reciprocatory in the box-chamber toward and from the back wall; a pair of gear-racks connected with said plunger and offset therefrom on opposite sides to occupy the respective channeled slideways; a pair of gears located outside the box-chamber en gageable with the respective gear-racks, and means for operating the gears, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a skeleton com;

pression-box having a slideway in each of the opposite vertical sides opening interiorly of the box; and means for securing the box to an open receptacle; of a plunger reciprocatory in the box; guide-stems secured to the plunger and movable in the open slideways; plate-gear on the guide-stems; a gear-protecting web on the inner side of each gearplate, gears secured to the box and engageable with the plate-gear; and means for operating the gears, substantially as described.

3. In a press, the combination with a compression-box having an unobstructed open front; of a movable plunger located in said open front and movable toward and from a closed portion of the box; gear-racks secured to said plunger and projecting therefrom in the direction of said closed portion of the box; and segmental gears engageable with said gear-'racks and disengageable therefrom to permit the withdrawal and adjustment of the plunger and gear-racks, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of February, 1898.

OSCAR H. EDDY. Witnesses:

WILLIAM A. VAN KIRK, FRANK H. MAsoN. 

